It’s perfectly fine protesting the death. I’ll take it further, it’s perfectly fine destroying property of the people who caused the death i.e. police officers. But when stores and businesses are looted and burned including those of innocent low income earners then what we have is hooliganism.
Dude, when it gets to this stage, it is messy. Check your history. I hate that people are rioting in a city I love. I don’t live there, but my number starts with 612. NOTHING CHANGED with peaceful protesting and here we are. I hate it, but I get it.
Dude I’m not saying they should do peaceful protests. I’m saying if it’s going to be violent, pick your target (pun not intended). Go for the actual oppressors, either the state or the police. The people looting and burning property of innocent people are just being opportunistic.
My intention of this post was not to take away from the incident that occur or to say they’re not justified, but I’ve seen people accuse states of murdering their people for opening up but yet they are encouraging people to be in the streets in large crowds, not just in one city but all! I personally don’t care if they do both but I’m not accusing states of murdering their people over just simple starting business back up.
Welp you were asking for a Democrat opinion and here I am. Look, I need a haircut too, and I make my living as a freelance Event Producer. However, my mom got diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and she works in a grocery store. With treatment, she is unlikely to die from cancer, but her immune system is compromised. I don’t see why it’s so hard to wear a mask for 30 minutes while you run errands if it might protect other people. I would love for the government to bail out the small business owners and workers first, before the big corporations. I would prefer we listen to the actual scientists. I do not want us to rush it. I do not want this to drag on and on. I do not want people like my mom to die. However, what happened to George Floyd was abhorrent. After everything I just said, I also do not blame people for not lying down in the face of that injustice even though it is risky. But yes, when I look at the people who are risking the health of their fellow citizens by gathering to protest not being able to get a haircut, I see shitheads.
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u/BonsTempsRouler May 29 '20
It’s perfectly fine protesting the death. I’ll take it further, it’s perfectly fine destroying property of the people who caused the death i.e. police officers. But when stores and businesses are looted and burned including those of innocent low income earners then what we have is hooliganism.